Word: think
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...songs are all sung in the gravest manner, the songs of thanksgiving differing from those of sorrow only in the syllables used. In time of battle the squaws think that their chants have some telepathic power and that the braves hear them and become more courageous. They have no songs which are sung for amusement alone. They are all serious ones which are sung at their ceremonies, when divine aid is desired or when they are thankful for something. The Indians never have two verses set to one tune. Each song has some particular significance to them and they could...
...more than these changes are needed to put the series on a firm basis,-there needs to be a change in the attitude of spectators. If the farce element is retained, we think that the series are doomed ot run themselves out in a short time. The farce kills the sport; it lowers the standard of play and lowers also the position of the games in the eyes of college men so that the spur for hard, serious practice is blunted. The downward tendency grows constantly stronger, It means that in a short time the series will have no excuse...
...think that the series are too valuable to be allowed to go to ruin in this way. They do good to the men on the teams, they give needed practice to the freshmen, and they develop 'varsity material. It must never be forgotten that under the new rules, the 'varsity will practically have to be made each year from new men in the University and from the players on the class nines. Are not the games important enough to be taken seriously...
This cannot satisfactorily explain the resistless influence of religious force. It is better to think of this feeling as the gradual fading away of our known limits and the revealing of a vast futurity. The adding to religion of what we know is thus the universalizing as well as the spiritualizing of our world...
...seats. They are further of the opinion that, if the above plan were carried out, the present process of obtaining checks for meals at general tables could be done away with, and that the money thus saved should be spent on the improvement of the service. Lastly, they think that one new table at the western end of the hall should be reserved as an emergency table for guests or members who find their respective tables full...